Tranfer dd to Childrens Hospital or stay put?

One week ago my 5 yo dd (dear daughter) stepped on a broken Snapple bottle and cut her foot pretty good. Since then she has had 3 MRI's, one surgery, been admitted twice, and now is hospitalized with an infection that is "resistant to most antibiotics" . She is currently on Vacomycin and Tylenol a codeine and has had a constant fever of around 101. They removed all stitches from her foot the day after surgery because of swelling and pus. My question is, should we have her transferred to Texas Children's? That is about 35 minutes from us. Or stay in the current hospital where this all began?How does transferring a patient even work?

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I would request a transfer, but that is just because we have had some issues with bandaid hospitals that normally don't see children or even have a children's wing. Plus, when you are talking an antibiotic resistant infection, I'd want a children's infectious disease doctor on the case due to the ways children's bodies are different in fighting infections and handeling the higher powered antibiotics. I believe transferring is as simple as saying you want one, but I do not know the specifics or how much the insurance will pay towards it.

I would most definitley look into transferring to childrens. They will call and see if they have a room for your child and then load her in the ambulance and transfer her. My thing being if you feel she could get better help at childrens trust your gut and do it

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